Colonel March Investigates

Colonel March Investigates (1953)

This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, head of Scotland Yard's Department D.3, otherwise known as The Bureau of Queer Complaints.

Date of release
1953-07-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Cy Endfield

Casting

Interesting facts

Colonel March Investigates is a 1953 British film directed by Cy Endfield. The film comprises the three pilot episodes of the TV series Colonel March of Scotland Yard that were filmed in 1952, starring Boris Karloff. These episodes were "Hot Money", "Death in the Dressing Room" and "The New Invisible Man". all adaptations of stories from the Department of Queer Complaints collection by John Dickson Carr. The screenplay was credited to "Leo Davis", disguising the involvement of blacklisted screenwriters Abraham Polonsky and Walter Bernstein.

Production

Boris Karloff and his wife Evelyn sailed to England in July, 1952, where Karloff filmed three different pilot episodes of the Colonel March series to show to British TV executives. In 1953, when the show was green lighted, Karloff returned to England to film 23 more episodes, making a total of 26 in all, then returned to Hollywood to film Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953).

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